Job Search Secret
How to Find a Job

This job search secret is, in my opinion, the most powerful job search technique you can use. Discover the job search secret that will help you find plenty of job leads that other job seekers will never find.

So, what's the big secret?

It's simply committing to spend the majority of your job search time looking for jobs in the hidden job market, and only spending a small portion of your job search time looking for advertised job leads.

Not much of a secret? Hear me out...

It's true that most job seekers have heard of the hidden job market; that's no secret.

However, I have personally worked with about 2000 job seekers, and I know from that experience that most people do not even come close to fully accessing the hidden jobs available to them.

Most people miss out on fantastic opportunities because they spend far too much of their time on advertised jobs and too little of their time searching in the hidden job market.

Searching for job leads in the hidden job market is, hands down, the best job search secret you'll ever find. Please let me try to convince you to put more effort into finding hidden jobs.

Why You Need to Spend More Time Looking for Hidden Jobs

How do you know if you're spending too much time pursuing advertised job leads?

I would suggest that if you are spending more than 20% of your job search time pursuing advertised job leads, then you are not spending enough time looking for unadvertised jobs.

That's right. I normally suggest clients spend 80% of their time looking for work in the hidden job market.

Here's the Logic Behind This Job Search Secret

Approximately 80% of jobs are never advertised. So, if you're spending the majority of your time pursuing advertised jobs, you are only finding 20% of the job openings in your area.

You are missing out on a lot of great opportunities.

Think About it This Way

If 20% of jobs are advertised, and 80% of jobs are not advertised, that's how you should divide your time when you are job searching. Spend about 20% of your time pursuing advertised job leads and 80% of your time looking for unadvertised job leads.

If you're not convinced of the power of this job search secret, here are a few points to consider:

• Because advertised jobs are advertised, they are easier to find.
• Finding hidden job opportunities takes more work than finding advertised jobs.
• Because advertised jobs are easier to find, a lot of job seekers will find those job vacancies. That means there is more competition for advertised jobs, so they are harder to get.
• Hidden (unadvertised) jobs are harder to find, and, on top of that, fewer people actually look for hidden job leads, so there is far less competition for unadvertised jobs.
• That means, once you find the unadvertised job lead, it's a lot easier to get the job; there's a lot less competition.

A Bigger Job Search Secret - Unadvertised Jobs Are Often Better Jobs

Employers often advertise jobs only as a last resort.

They would rather not deal with the huge volume of resumes that will come in when they advertise a job. Also, many employers prefer, whenever possible, to hire someone who has been referred by someone they already know instead of a complete stranger.

That means advertised jobs are usually the types of jobs that are harder for the employer to fill.

There are two main reasons why a job may be difficult to fill.

1. Either the job is not ideal for some reason (low pay, poor working conditions, less than ideal hours, etc.).
or
2. The employer needs someone with a very specific set of skills that is not easy to find.

If the employer does not need to advertise to fill a job, it is probably a job that's not as difficult to fill, which often means it is a great job that plenty of people would love to have.

Point by Point Comparison of Advertised Jobs vs. Hidden Jobs

To summarize the main reasons why this job search secret is so powerful:

If you limit yourself to searching for advertised job leads, you are seriously limiting your job search.

If 80% of jobs are never advertised, and you are only searching for advertised jobs, that means, for every one great job lead you find, there are 4 other excellent, unadvertised job opportunities that you did not find simply because you weren't looking in the right places.

The best job search secret for finding great job leads is to divide your time effectively between finding opportunities the hidden job market and pursuing advertised jobs.

Where to Find a Job

I hope I've convinced you to spend more time searching for unadvertised job leads even if that means challenging yourself to go beyond your comfort zone.

Putting in the extra effort required to find unadvertised jobs and make this job search secret work for you is well worth your time and energy.

Spend about 20% of your time pursuing advertised jobs and 80% tapping into the hidden job market to make the most effective use of your job search time and efforts.